Month: September 2021

While Angela Merkel avoided political campaigning for much of the election, as it became increasingly clear that her party was trailing in the polls, she Read more

Portugal is now the country with the world’s highest vaccination rate, according to figures from Our World In Data. About 84% of the country’s 10.3 Read more

Germany is heading towards a highly uncertain future just a month before federal elections that will see the country draw a line under the Angela Read more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told world leaders at the United Nations on Wednesday night that humanity has to “grow up” and tackle climate change, Read more

A region in southern Poland has revoked an anti-LGBT resolution under the threat of losing European Union funding. The regional assembly of Swietokrzyskie voted in Read more

A privately-funded expedition has begun examining the wreckage of the MS Estonia ferry that sank in 1994. The search was commissioned by relatives of the Read more

A young French man has been fined for sending death threats to a former chief executive of Charlie Hebdo. The 20-year-old man was found guilty Read more

The former chief prosecutor of Albania has been sentenced to two years in prison for hiding money involved in illegally owned properties. Adriatik Llalla, who Read more

Nearly three million European Union workers cannot afford to heat their homes amid a rise in energy prices, a new study has found. The European Read more

Paris will send its ambassador back to Washington next week after French President Emmanuel Macron and President Joe Biden addressed their submarine dispute in a Read more

If you catch a bus in the UK today, you may come across a slightly unorthodox advert. At first glance, it appears to be a Read more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has mocked France’s reaction to a new security pact that will see Australia cancel a multibillion-dollar deal to buy French Read more

Croatian police say they have established the identity of a mysterious woman found on an island earlier this month. She was identified by police on Read more

This summer has provided ample demonstration of the difficulties of the relationship between the UK and the EU. The constant rumbling of discontent over the Read more

A plane with six people aboard has disappeared in Russia’s Far East, authorities say. The Russian emergency ministry said the AN-26 aircraft went missing 38 Read more

An Italian MEP has left the far-right League party over its decision to back so-called “green” COVID health passes. Francesca Donato, who was elected to Read more

Germany’s Social Democratic Party has been leading in the polls for more than a month ahead of parliamentary elections on September 26. Their success in Read more

A Dutch court ruled on Wednesday that police can use ethnicity as one of the criteria for selecting people for checks at the border, a Read more

Two French monks from a fundamentalist Catholic convent have been charged over allegedly attacking 5G phone masts to protest at their deployment, a judicial source Read more

A majority of MEPs have backed imposing sanctions against the new government in Lebanon. The ballot took place even before the government of Prime Minister Read more